AI/ML Engineer

CRE Finance Council; Knoxville (TN); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

CRE Finance Council seeks a senior software engineer to advance AI/ML solutions for intelligent document processing in a hybrid role. You will apply OCR, NLP, CV, and LLMs to extract data from complex documents, while leading technical discussions and mentoring engineers.

The role requires 8+ years of software development experience and 5+ years in AI/ML projects, with strong Python/Java skills and AWS expertise. Remote options limited by locations listed.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• 5+ years developing AI/ML solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discussions and provide direction while remaining hands-on with development.
• Mentor developers and collaborate with stakeholders across business, engineering, and technology.

Skills

Software development

AI/ML solutions

IDP (Intelligent Document Processing)

OCR / NLP / CV / LLMs

Python

Java

AWS

ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Sc

REST APIs / microservices

MLOps

Agile delivery

Technical leadership

Mentoring developers

Finance CRE domain knowledge

AWS certification

Tools

Amazon Bedrock

SageMaker

Textract

Lambda

ECS/EKS

S3

RDS

Spring Boot

FastAPI

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Scikit-learn

Hugging Face

LangChain

Job description

Location-Birmingham, AL, Knoxville, TN, Columbia, SC or Lafayette, LA.

A hybrid working model is acceptable.

• Required Qualifications to be Successful in this Role:8+ years of software development experience, including 5+ years developing AI/ML solutions
• Strong hands-on experience with Intelligent Document Processing (IDP), including document classification and information extraction
• Experience applying OCR, NLP, Computer Vision, and Large Language Models (LLMs) to document processing and understanding
• Strong development skills in Python and Java
• 5+ years of hands-on AWS experience, particularly with services such as Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, Textract, Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, and RDS
• Experience with AI/ML frameworks and libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit learn, Hugging Face, and LangChain
• Experience developing REST APIs and microservices using Spring Boot, FastAPI, or comparable frameworks
• Hands on knowledge of MLOps, including model deployment, monitoring, versioning, and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong understanding of scalable software development practices, design patterns, and Agile delivery
• Ability to lead technical discussions and provide technical direction while remaining hands on with development
• Experience mentoring developers and collaborating with business, engineering, and technology stakeholders
• Financial services domain experience preferred, particularly in mortgage, multifamily lending, or commercial real estate (CRE)
• AWS AI/ML or AWS Cloud certification preferred